Dagnija Neimane

Born in Latvia in 1942, Dagnija Neimane was only two years old when her family fled the country, and six years later immigrated to the United States. She has collected stories and information from family, friends, and newspapers to write about this important journey undertaken by her family. Neimane has a bachelor's degree in medical technology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. For seventeen years, she lived in Switzerland, where she worked in the medical and research fields. Now a...See more

Born in Latvia in 1942, Dagnija Neimane was only two years old when her family fled the country, and six years later immigrated to the United States. She has collected stories and information from family, friends, and newspapers to write about this important journey undertaken by her family. Neimane has a bachelor's degree in medical technology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. For seventeen years, she lived in Switzerland, where she worked in the medical and research fields. Now a mother and grandmother, Neimane lives in Vermont. Extensive research into her family's genealogy led her to write Flight from Latvia , her first book. See less